Heads Up Limit Guide

[silverfist]

Does anyone know of a good heads up limit guide on the web? I'm looking for one with something like optimal strategy against an perfect opponent plus tips for exploiting weakness (like folding every whiffed flop, predictable betting patterns, etc.).

[pokerfanatic]

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Does anyone know of a good heads up limit guide on the web? I'm looking for one with something like optimal strategy against an perfect opponent plus tips for exploiting weakness (like folding every whiffed flop, predictable betting patterns, etc.).

Playing Heads up you throw out any since of "by the book" play man... it's all about your opponent even at limit... I used to play 1/2 HU on the PokerRoom network... swings are huge even if you are playing well...

I noticed an expected 100bb +/- every or so against very argo opponents, against the more passive that are easy picking to run over you variance is a lot lower...

Really man I’m not to sure how a "guide" would help in a HU situation...

I wouldn’t play a HU level w/o at least 1000bb for that level it just has that much variance to it.

But like from what I saw 50/20, and 60/30 play works EXTREAMLY well HU… you have to have your post flop game honed in extremely well because you are seeing the flop 98% of the time you don’t fold out of you SB, it’s a pure post flop game…

You’ll get donkey’s like Eupho that don’t have any idea what he is doing in a HU cash game sucking out on you and out kicking you with T8 and you hold T7s, stupid shit like that when he caps any piece of the board draw or bottom pair on you, ASS!!!

I’ll give background me and Eupho were playing 0.5/1 in the FTR game before everyone got there and I hit a Stone Wheel (string flush Ace to the 5) on him and after that I got rapped he hit like 7 to 10 big pairs TT and up… my ass can’t hit when I have AK to his 73o and he rivers a 3 calling down 7 high the whole way to win the pot… that is a dumb way to play HU… unless you get slapped in the head with the deck…

Anyways I was down like $40 to his dumb ass at one point ended up down $60 at my lowest in that game and came back to be +$10… so I played well after I stopped bricking hands and getting sucked out on…

[Fnord]

Current rakes are too high to play HU cash games smaller than maybe 10/20, unless you know of a really good deal.

HULHE is a fun game, although you really don't have a big edge against anyone with a clue.

[silverfist]

I realise it all depends on the opponent . What I'm looking for, really, is a guide giving advice on what to look for in an opponent and how to exploit it. In addition, I'm looking for how to play against an opponent who doesn't really have any weaknesses.

I figure, given game theory, the best strategy would be something like having a normal play with a given hand and an approximate board, and then having an occasional play that throws off the opponent.

For example, if raised into on an uncoordinated board and then to flop top pair, to do something like usually check-raise and sometimes donk. So, I'd donk if I have two black cards. Something like that.

I'm fiddling around with various strategies. At some point, maybe I'll post them for comments.